There could be a future where we eat incredible, sustainable, engineered foods—3D-printed or lab-grown meals, chemically optimised to unleash the perfect combination of flavour and nutrients to fit our bodies and our tastes. But only if we start paying attention to our food scientists...
Curcumin, a compound in turmeric, continues to be hailed as a natural treatment for a wide range of health conditions, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease. But a new review of the scientific literature on curcumin has found it's probably not all it's ground up to...
Turmeric is trendy, adds vibrant colour to the finished product – and it’s a nice health halo for the ever-growing number of people who want to get more into their diet, writes New Nutrition Business's Julian Mellentin.
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Acquisitive Israeli flavour firm, Frutarom, has acquired South African supplier, Unique Flavors, for R90-million as it edges towards its recently-set target of hitting sales of $2-billion by 2020.
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Diet culture is just another way of dealing with the fear of death...
The Medical Research Council is expected to probe a senior employee accused of teaming up with "big sugar" to discredit Banting-diet champion Tim Noakes (left), reports the Sunday Times.
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Outbreaks were first reported in West and Central Africa at the beginning of last year. They have since jumped the Equator into Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi and have spread to some of the northern areas of South Africa.
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The reality is that the move to introduce a sugar tax in South Africa is necessary because of the scourge of non-communicable diseases and obesity in the country, write three University of Pretoria researchers.
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Can you judge a burger by its wrapper? Well it's no surprise that fast food isn't the best thing to eat for your health. Now, researchers at the University of Notre Dame have found another reason to try to keep your Mac attacks at bay.
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Researchers have sequenced the genes of hundreds of tomato varieties to construct a road map back to desirable flavour.
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UK media has been aflutter with stories of shortages of lettuces, courgettes, broccoli and other unseasonal vegetables due to bad weather in parts of Spain - and there's been a predictable number of column inches about Britain’s reliance on imported fresh produce.
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What's the world's biggest food company to do in the face of changing consumer tastes and a shifting retail landscape? The Economist investigates...
Although Shakespeare said a rose by another name would be just as sweet, in the food industry we take names very seriously. Use the wrong name and you can mislead the consumer – at your peril, writes FoodFocus' Linda Jackson.
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The food game gives rise to many entrepreneurs full of bright new ideas and concepts - which is all well and fine until it comes to the all important step of getting them to the consumer, as this article highlights.
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The sound of someone slurping coffee or crunching an apple can be mildly annoying — but it leaves some people seething.
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Paper producer Mondi has bought UK packaging company, Excelsior Technologies, in a deal worth R545-million.
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Brands such as KitKat, Mars bar and Dairy Milk have come up with a sweet trick to meet government targets for reducing sugar in their products. Simple. Make them smaller.
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An intensive investigation of a mysterious annual epidemic in northern India in which thousands of young children have suffered convulsions, lapsed into comas and died has concluded that eating litchi fruit is the cause.
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US canned vegetable and fruit producer, McCall Farms, has become the first to use a clear, plastic retort can for a line of slow-cooked vegetables, adding excitement to a stagnant category.
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